Xu Mengzhou's eyes were bent into a moon, and the slightly drooping corners of his eyes became softer because of the smile.

He used the word "cure".

Xu Mengzhou has always been cautious in his choice of words and sentences when he speaks, so much so that when Lin Yushan heard this word, he was briefly distracted.

Lin Yushan entered Xu Mengzhou's life when he was twenty-four years old, and before that, she knew nothing about him.

At that time, just a month after his father died, Lin Yushan was personally taken to the Xu family by Xu Mengzhou.

Lin Yushan didn't understand at that time why this father's student, this big brother who only had a few relationships with him, had to take him to live in his house.

But now that the truth tells me, it seems that there is really nowhere to go.

She now has neither a guardian nor money. Some are just an old house left by his father before his death, and a meager salary he saved from being a university professor for more than ten years.

She was in the midst of the numbness of losing her loved ones, temporarily losing all ability to think. only watched coldly during this period of time, Xu Mengzhou quarreled fiercely with Xu's father again and again over the issue of her staying in the Xu family.

But after all, this is someone else's home. Lin Yushan thought that he thought that one day he would be kicked out by Xu's father to find a way out. Unexpectedly, one day, Xu's father suddenly changed his mind for some reason, and called Xu Mengzhou to his company to talk with a pleasant face.

Lin Yushan still remembered that it was a weekend, and the two of them were sorting out the things they needed to prepare for returning to school tomorrow when Xu's father suddenly called.

Xu Mengzhou put down her schoolbag, turned around and went to the balcony to answer the phone, and everything was different.

Lin Yushan stuffed the things he was going to bring into his schoolbag and leaned on the edge of the window, wanting to see what Xu Mengzhou was doing.

He kept silent with his back to the balcony, just holding his phone to his ear and listening quietly. Lin Yushan found that his back was bent little by little.

After a long time, Xu Mengzhou said slowly.

"As long as the other party doesn't mind, I'm willing to talk."

Later, after Lin Yushan watched him hang up the phone and come out of the balcony, he went out without looking back.

When Xu Mengzhou got home, it was already late at night, and Lin Yushan, who was doing his homework, heard the sound of the door lock ringing. Her eyebrows twitched slightly, and she held a water-based pen in her right hand and rustled math problems on scratch paper. It wasn't until there was a knock on the door of her small room that she got up and opened it.

Xu Mengzhou's lips opened slightly, his chest rose and fell, and he looked like he was in a hurry to rush back. The look in his eyes seemed to be relieved and confused.

Lin Yushan was too young to tell what kind of emotions were hidden in his eyes. She tilted her head and looked at it from her own angle, only to feel that Xu Mengzhou's whole person seemed to be framed by the low and cramped door frame.

He held the door frame in his right hand, his body wrapped in the soft light of the floor lamp in the living room. Although he was panting a little, his voice was like a thick and gentle lake, and he was not alarmed.

"Don't be afraid, you can live here in peace."

This stay is a full five years. Xu Mengzhou moved her school registration from Guangdong to Jingzhou, and with his unsparing help, she successfully went from junior high school to high school, and finally was admitted to university.

This was his first formal commitment to Lin Yushan.

At the age of twenty-four, it happens to be the third year that an ordinary person starts working after graduating from undergraduate. To apply a standard formula, his original family has long been finalized, and his personality, three views and social circle have basically been formed. If God favors him a little more and makes him happy enough, he will also have a husband or wife who will accompany him through his life.

Xu Mengzhou had all of the above when he was twenty-four years old.

Memory and reality gradually overlapped, and Lin Yushan's gaze returned to the other side of the dining table.

Xu Mengzhou looked at her for a while, and when she slowly came back to her senses, she said with a smile: "If you stay for a while, this pot of porridge will be drunk by me alone." ”

"It's okay, if you like it. Eat more. ”

Xu Mengzhou saw that she was absent-minded and didn't move the chopsticks, so he put the spoon back in the bowl, leaned forward and asked, "Is it from school, and what do you remember?" ”

"It's fine." Lin Yushan came back to his senses and said a little hesitantly: "I'm just thinking, why are you living in Qingxi at noon." ”

Xu Mengzhou seemed to be stopped by her question, and only replied after a few seconds: "In the morning, I saw you and your classmates waiting for the bus at the school gate. Your face was a little bad at the time. So I followed. ”

"It's good to follow." Xu Mengzhou's eyes were very open, but Lin Yushan was a little embarrassed by his answer.

Lin Yushan quickly changed the topic, got up and served himself a bowl of porridge, and said to Xu Mengzhou while scooping it with a soup spoon: "The taste here in Jingzhou is spicy, you don't seem to have eaten much spicy dishes all along, but eat more Western food, so I made a compromise and made casserole porridge, you should eat these often when you are in college......

As soon as the words came out, I regretted it a little. Lin Yushan didn't know what Xu Mengzhou's taste was before, would her mind be redundant?

"Hmm." Xu Mengzhou should be very crisp, and drank another spoonful, "The porridge is very good." I can do it like this the first time, and it seems to be serious. ”

The corners of Lin Yushan's lips raised in satisfaction.

Xu Mengzhou's praise is a little different from others. Other people's praise will inevitably be accompanied by an element of encouragement and exaggeration. And Xu Mengzhou, his highest praise for people is serious.

The two of you ate one spoonful and I ate one spoonful, and there was only a small pot of porridge on the huge dining table to watch the tutorial. Lin Yushan herself felt a little funny in this picture, but her cooking strength was here, and she was really not a person who could cook now.

Xu Mengzhou saw her thoughts, and took the initiative to go to the refrigerator to take out some fruits and cut them and serve them on the table. The two chatted idly while eating, but Lin Yushan did not continue to talk about this lackluster dinner, but took the initiative to ask about Xu Mengzhou's recent situation.

"Mr. Xu, why did you suddenly move out and rent a new house..."

Lin Yushan didn't think about the words again, and asked a little bluntly. In fact, when she first entered the Huachen Mansion, she had a general guess in her heart. It's just that she cares so much about things, she always has to ask Xu Mengzhou to understand thoroughly.

The bowl of porridge in front of Xu Mengzhou has bottomed out. Instead of answering right away, he put down the spoon, got up and went to the refrigerator to find the shopping bag he had bought at the supermarket, and rummaged through it to find the box of chocolates he had put in earlier.

Lin Yushan watched him open the chocolate box little by little. Xu Mengzhou handed her one, Lin Yushan's eyes widened and she was a little surprised, although she rarely eats chocolate, she also reached out to take it and let him put it in the palm of her hand.

Lin Yushan thought that he was politely refusing to answer his question, and said casually with some embarrassment: "I didn't find out before, you like to eat sweets." ”

Xu Mengzhou's fingers gently pinched the wrapper of the chocolate, and said slowly: "I don't like it, but there will always be a time when I suddenly want to eat sweets." ”

He smiled and shook his head, "As long as it's good for your health, in fact, I can accept whatever you eat." But I really, I don't like Western food at all. But even so, I still ate it for six years. ”

Xu Mengzhou didn't seem to realize that his tone had inadvertently changed, and he muttered: "Reason tells me that this kind of nutritional combination is more conducive to health than a balanced diet, and it is good for both others and yourself." But sometimes, when I see the steak and salad on the table, I feel disgusted, the kind of disgust that I can't suppress. It turns out that it is difficult to change a person's preferences, even if they eat it for six years, they still don't like it. ”

He tore open the wrapper and put the chocolate in his mouth, and Lin Yushan unknowingly ate it. The silky chocolate melts into a soft spread on the tongue, giving off the pure sweet aroma of cocoa butter.

Lin Yushan was in a trance.

Although Xu Mengzhou was talking about food on his face, when it fell into his ears, Lin Yushan still understood his sincere words that were about to come out between the lines.

What is valuable is that Xu Mengzhou's emotions this time were not concealed in any way, and they were clearly exposed.

Does this mean that Xu Mengzhou recognizes that he is already an adult who can be entrusted with his heart?

Lin Yushan seemed to understand a little why when she brought the bowl of porridge, Xu Mengzhou said that it was she who came to heal him.

Seeing her wide-eyed and not speaking, Xu Mengzhou pretended to be embarrassed and thought for a while, and then straightened his face: "Okay." I moved out because... The food at home is too unpalatable. It's good to eat alone now. You too, you can eat whatever you want in the future, don't hold back your stomach problems. ”

Lin Yushan almost squirted out the porridge in his stomach.

He's a man...... Why do you always get off the line suddenly!?

Seeing Lin Yushan's head full of black lines, Xu Mengzhou laughed and leaned directly on the back of the chair for a while before stopping.

Lin Yushan was not angry with him. Seeing that she had almost eaten, Xu Mengzhou brought the pots and pans into the kitchen sink one by one, and she took a rag to wipe the juice spilled on the table. After that, she also wanted to go into the kitchen to help out, but Xu Mengzhou pushed her out three times and four times, saying that she would just let her sit on the sofa and watch TV for a while.

In April, it was still dark early. Even if the window was closed early in the afternoon, it was even cooler than before. The shadows of the trees look pleasing during the day, but at night they look depressed. Lin Yushan put on his slippers to draw the curtains, then returned to the sofa and wrapped himself in a soft blanket that smelled of laundry detergent. She stretched out her hand to turn on the projector and began to play "Wulin Gaiden", which she had to rewatch countless times every year.

The noisy sound of Tongfu Inn fills the entire living room space. Lin Yushan tilted his head and peeked at Xu Mengzhou, who was hunched over in the kitchen, and his heart warmed.

It is the feeling of home after a long absence.

A smile crept up the corners of his mouth unconsciously.

Although Xu Mengzhou still didn't directly answer the reason why he moved out, Lin Yushan already fully understood what he meant. She didn't plan to ask him about Huang Ying and Xu's father again, after all, she didn't have the position to probe too much into his personal issues.

She couldn't help but have a vague fantasy about the future.

Unless one day, Xu Mengzhou is willing to tell her in person.

Xu Mengzhou put the last bowl into the cupboard and placed it, and the mobile phone suddenly sounded a WeChat prompt. He took off the plastic gloves and hung them on the hooks on the wall, pulled out a piece of kitchen paper and wiped his hands that were still dripping. glanced sideways at the phone screen, it was sent by Huang Ying.

[It's been so long since we've moved away, let's talk, I'm calming down.] ]

Xu Mengzhou originally planned to sit down with Huang Ying and discuss the divorce by agreement, but the other party was always emotional and refused to cooperate. He had no choice but to tell Huang Ying that in a month, if he could sort out his emotions, he would discuss the divorce by agreement. If he can't, he will sue for divorce a month later.

He turned to look at Lin Yushan, who was sitting on the sofa behind him, and was wrapped in a blanket and watching the martial arts biography with relish. He leaned on the table with his arms folded and stood quietly, not wanting to disturb the warm and peaceful picture in front of him.

I originally planned to find someone to talk to Lin Yushan after her birthday, but today such an unpleasant thing happened to her outside. It seems that the progress of the "heart-to-heart" with this little girl has to be moved back again.

"Do you still have chocolate, do you want to eat it?"

Xu Mengzhou raised his eyes, he picked up a chocolate from the box, and beckoned to Lin Yushan with a smile.